"He who desires to rule, must be prepared to use fraud and deceit."

"A man who is used to acting with caution, when circumstances require him to act with impetuosity, cannot change his nature."

"I say that there are three kinds of brains: one that understands things by itself, one that can appreciate what others understand, and one that understands neither by itself nor through others."

"The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present."

"He who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that power has been effected either by industry or by force, and both of these are suspicious to the one who has been raised to powe…"